County Digs From Under Snow as More White Rain Possible
Frederick Countians dug from a nine to ten inch snow today while the weather bureau warned of more snow possibly Friday. Power lines snapped and streets were cleared by county and state crews, with parking lots to be cleared and downtown streets prioritized.
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Homemakers nominate Chick and Yinger for Frederick County posts
The Frederick County Council of Homemakers nominates Mrs. George Chick of Brunswick for vice president and Mrs. David H. Yinger of Braddock Heights for secretary. Nominations from the floor will occur at the March 21 annual meeting in Brodbeck Hall.
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Frederick County
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Westminster
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Braddock
G. L. Baking Company
J. Vernon Coblentz
Middletown
Ned S. Zeiler
Buckeystown
Guy Baker
Unionville
Markell Nelson
Skyline
Harold McDevitt
Mt. Pleasant
Tractor-Trailer Overturns on U S 40 Braddock Mountain
A 1962 GMC tractor-trailer driven by William E Lawson jack-knifed on eastbound U S 40 at Braddock Mountain around 5 15 p m causing a trailer overturn. No injuries or charges. damage estimated at 2000 dollars. other vehicle involved spun but escaped.
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Braddock Mountain
Tfc. C
Ronald Twigg
William E. Lawson
Washington
Lawson
Painting Found After Theft At Brussels Museum
BRUSSELS AP The Rubens painting Negroes Heads stolen Monday from the Brussels Museum of Ancient Art has been found police announced today no details were given
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Brussels
Brussels Museum
Objective State Senator Blames Press For Distorting Racial News
Maryland state Senator Frederick C. Markus Jr. accuses Baltimore press and courts of bias in reporting Cambridge race issues. He cites a gun-wielding Cambridge incident, says coverage was minimal, and warns civil rights must advance peacefully without inflammatory speeches.
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Frederick C. Markus Jr
Dorchester
Baltimore
Cambridge
Malkus
Senate Judiciary Committee
Markus
Gloria Richardson
New York
Harry Simms to Oppose Mathias in Maryland Sixth
Maryland real estate developer Harry Simms announced his candidacy for Congress in the Sixth District opposing incumbent Charles Mac Mathias. Simms criticized Mathias for backing ADA and aligning with Democratic majorities, pledging strong Republican representation. Campaign headquarters will open in Silver Spring Cumberland Hagerstown and Montgomery County, with the campaign well financed. Newton I Steers Jr. withdrew from the U.S. Senate race, citing party wishes and a statewide poll, endorsing Jim Gleason as a capable competitor to Beall in the May primary.
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Maryland
Congress
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David Silverman
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Mathias
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Rogers Morton
U.S. Senate
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Silver Spring
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Newton I. Steers Jr
U. S
Ee Beall
Steers
Beall
James P. Gleason
Jim Gleason
Glenn Beail
Snowed-In Postmen Halt Mail Delivery in Martinsburg
In Martinsburg West Virginia heavy snow blocked roads and stopped mail delivery as Postmaster Marlin Eckard declared a halt due to two feet of snow. Rain sleet and night could not stop carriers but the storm did.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Marlin Eckard
Plans For New Governor Thomas Johnson High School Examined
Board of Education members reviewed site development plans for the Governor Thomas Johnson High School including stadium seating for 3040, athletic courts, drainage, and parking. A Tiny Tot Town for home economics drew mild opposition, with Mrs. Mary N. Stultz defending its value for teaching young women to work with children and future family life.
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North Market Street
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Mary N. Stultz
Motter Avenue
14Th
Mercy Ships Evacuate Angra Do Heroismo After Quake
A multinational mercy fleet ferried over 1,000 refugees from Sao Jorge to Angra do Heroismo as tremors ease. U S Norway Britain Italy and Yugoslavia shuttled evacuees across the 20 mile waterway while authorities report quakes weakening. Approximately 20 tremors were logged on Sao Jorge amid ongoing aftershocks and volcanic rumblings. In New York a Norwegian freighter rescued nine crew from the British merchant Ambassador as 14 more were missing.
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San Jorge
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Coas Bay
Castro Admits Hijacking Plane By Two Cubans
Hav ana government says it is investigating the hijacking of a private U.S. Piper Apache by Enrique Castillo Hernandez and Reinaldo Lopez Lima who forced pilot Richard Wright to fly from Tampa to Havana. Wright, 23, could be released or the plane returned, as U.S. Navy jets searched without locating the aircraft. Wright is a part time student at the University of Miami.
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Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
Tamiami Airport
Miami
Fla
Key West
Richard Wright
Enrique Castillo Hernandez
Reinaldo Lopez Lima
Wright
Florida Gulf Coast
Naples
U.S. Navy
Boca Chica
Floyd Wright
Eddie Martin
Santa Anna
Calif
Commies Down Two Planes Amid Viet Nam Skirmish
In Saigon, two Vietnamese air force T28 bombers were shot down by Communist ground fire in 24 hours. A U.S. Air Force pilot is believed killed after the first crash near the Seven Mountains 120 miles west of Saigon. the second plane went down 90 miles southwest in the Mekong Delta during a helicopter support operation.
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South Viet Nam
Seven Mountains
Here
Mekong River Delta
Maryland lawmakers split over funding roads amid uncertain delivery
In Annapolis legislators wrestled with raising gasoline tax from six to seven cents and titling tax from two to three percent to fund road projects. They sought written project priorities from the State Roads Commission and a two year schedule subject to local input, amid calls to delay action for deeper study.
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Maryland
George R. Hughes
R. Allegany
Thomas Widerman
Maryland Motor Truck Association
Joseph P. Lanigan
The
Mary
Commission
Buscher
Conferees Narrow Tax Cut Bill To Big Reduction
Washington AP conferees reached agreement on a broad tax cut to boost take home pay. The compromise keeps capital gains tax largely as is with minor changes and plans a likely rapid presidential signature. Refunds and withholdings will reflect a reduction from 18 to 14 percent shortly after signing.
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Senate
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Southern Senators vow to fight House civil rights bill
In Washington Sen. Richard B. Russell and other Southern opponents said they will debate the civil rights bill around the clock if needed. In Miami Beach striking unions urged President Johnson to bar the Florida East Coast Railroad from Cape Kennedy access, with possible Army takeover of the space center spur.
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Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Miami Beach
Fla
President Johnson
Florida East Coast Railroad
Cape Kennedy
Asst
James J. Reynolds
Army
Space Center
FEC
Ruby murder trial jurors excused over death penalty views
Two more jury candidates in Jack Ruby's murder trial were excused today after stating they would not vote the death penalty if he is convicted. They were the fifth and sixth jurors called. No jurors have been seated yet.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Washington's Birthday Post Office Schedule Notice
The Post Office will be the only local federal installation affected by a George Washington Birthday schedule with no city or rural delivery on Saturday. Window service closed though mail pick-up from city deposit boxes continues and special delivery will be expedited. Separately, New York trading shows more advances than declines in a cautious market.
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James A. Grove
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